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SAT Reading: Long Passages Drill 3, Problem 1

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00:15

If you'd like to read the passage again... ...you really gotta get a life. So just scoot down here.

00:40

The main purpose of the passage is to...what?

00:43

And here are the potential answers...

00:48

Okay, so we're looking for the answer choice

00:50

that gives us the best general idea of what this passage is about...

00:54

...which means that even though (B) references something that the article does touch upon...

00:58

it isn't correct.

00:59

The passage is concerned with a bit more than Muir's<<Mew-er>> prior articles.

01:03

(C) is wrong for the same reason.

01:05

Muir's disagreement with Hutchings is only mentioned once in the passage, making it a

01:09

minor detail in the grand scheme of things.

01:12

The passage never directly says that Muir's youth had little to do with the passion for

01:16

nature he developed later in life.

01:18

We can toss (A) off the cliff pretty easily.

01:21

The article does mention some of Muir's frustrations in his career, like his battle

01:25

to protect the High Sierra from ecosystem-munching livestock.

01:29

Choice (D) can go over the cliff as well, though. The passage doesn't go into any

01:33

real failures that Muir experienced.

01:35

(E) is the correct answer because the article wants to explore Muir's relationship with

01:40

Yosemite in general. All the other choices are far too specific.

01:44

Sometimes it's a bad idea to focus on the little things...

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